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Australia v Sri Lanka @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
21 January 2003
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: DJ Harper, RB Tiffin
Third Umpire: SJA Taufel
Match Referee: CH Lloyd
Match Result: Australia won by 9 wickets
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Marvan Atapattu | c Brad Hogg b Andy Bichel | 26 | 42 | 61 | 2 | - |
| 2. Avishka Gunawardene | lbw b Brad Hogg | 45 | 72 | 105 | 4 | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Shane Watson b Brad Hogg | 43 | 56 | 73 | 2 | 2 |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Shane Watson b Nathan Bracken | 44 | 73 | 95 | - | - |
| 5. Mahela Jayawardene | st Adam Gilchrist b Brad Hogg | 0 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
| 6. Russel Arnold | b Brad Williams | 14 | 24 | 28 | 1 | - |
| 7. Chaminda Vaas | run out (Brad Hogg > ) | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| 8. Jehan Mubarak | lbw b Brad Williams | 15 | 22 | 33 | 1 | - |
| 9. Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 9 | 5 | 8 | 1 | - |
| 10. Chamila Gamage | ||||||
| 11. Prabath Nissanka |
| FOW | 1-64 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-100 (Avishka Gunawardene), 3-134 (Kumar Sangakkara), 4-135 (Mahela Jayawardene), 5-166 (Russel Arnold), 6-170 (Chaminda Vaas), 7-201 (Aravinda de Silva), 8-214 (Jehan Mubarak). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 11w, 1nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs, 210 mins) 214 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Brad Williams | 10 | 0 | 57 | 2 | (5w,0nb) |
| Nathan Bracken | 9 | 0 | 33 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Andy Bichel | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 10 | 0 | 37 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shane Watson | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Andrew Symonds | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | b Chaminda Vaas | 26 | 23 | 26 | 3 | - |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | not out | 80 | 87 | 142 | 1 | 4 |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | not out | 106 | 97 | 115 | 11 | 1 |
| 4. Jimmy Maher | ||||||
| 5. Michael Bevan | ||||||
| 6. Andrew Symonds | ||||||
| 7. Shane Watson | ||||||
| 8. Brad Hogg | ||||||
| 9. Andy Bichel | ||||||
| 10. Brad Williams | ||||||
| 11. Nathan Bracken |
| FOW | 1-37 (Adam Gilchrist). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 3w, 0nb, 0pen) 3 |
| Total | (for 1 wickets, 34.3 ovs, 142 mins) 215 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 0 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Prabath Nissanka | 7.3 | 0 | 61 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chamila Gamage | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Russel Arnold | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Jimmy Maher, Michael Bevan, Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson, Brad Hogg, Andy Bichel, Brad Williams, Nathan Bracken